Directions to a natural outcropping of talc rock, Falls Lake, Raleigh NC


By
H. Kent Craig

©2008


            Many thanks to Kenny Gay of The North Carolina Geologist's Office (phone: 919-733-7353, ext. 28) who turned me onto a huge source of natural talc (i.e. "soapstone") free for the harvesting at Blue Jay Point at Falls Lake on Six Forks Road just north of Raleigh . . . take Six Forks out past Bayleaf Volunteer Fire Department, jog a hard left just past it to stay on Six Forks, go approximately five miles until you reach Falls Lake, cross the bridge, park on the right or left, jump the guardrail on the left-hand side, look for and follow the well-worn path down to the beach area and then just start poking around for chunks of natural talc which are all over the place . . . this talc is a mica schist form of it, usually yellowish in color and somewhat heavy but it's easy to tell if it is talc by simply scratching it with a knife point, if it easily scratches then it's talc . . . it's good for carving, art projects, etc.




Looking southward back towards the bridge jump the guardrail to find the path down to the beach and the outcropping of talc rocks(56K)
Looking southward back towards the bridge . . . jump the guardrail to find the path down to the beach and the outcropping of talc rocks. 		the path from the left northside of Six Forks Road across the bridge down to the beach where the talc is (82K)
The path down to the beach where the talc is.
The beach area on the north shore of Falls Lake where the talc deposits are (57K)
The beach area on the north shore of Falls Lake where the talc deposits are. 		A typical chunk of talc resting partially buried on the surface (65K)
A typical chunk of talc resting partially buried on the surface at the beach . . . scratch it with the point of a pocketknife to make sure it's talc.

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